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Thursday, June 9, 2016

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sage veteran James Jones summed up Game 3 of the NBA Finals perfectly after the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-90 blowout win against the Golden State Warriors.

"We found us," he said.

The Cavs had one of their best offensive showings of the postseason, scoring 120 points and shooting 48-of-91 (52.7 percent), including 12-of-25 (48 percent) from 3-point range Wednesday night against a defense that seemingly had them flummoxed and searching for answers in the first two games of the series.

But it's how they did it that mattered most.

"I thought we were aggressive offensively, attacking the basket, getting out in transition, running the floor," Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue said following the game. "We talked about it before, that opens up shots for J.R. Smith and those guys in transition. So that's how we have to play."

Italy caught everyone on the hop when they touched down in Montpellier almost an hour ahead of schedule. Clearly UEFA EURO 2016 cannot start soon enough for Antonio Conte's side.

Italy are clearly in a hurry to get their UEFA EURO 2016 campaign up and running. Forty-five minutes earlier than scheduled, the Squadra Azzurra touched down at L'Aéroport Montpellier Méditerranée late on Wednesday evening.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

For years, YouTube’s fans have been telling us they want more—more choice when watching their favorite content, more ways to support their favorite creators and, above all, the option to watch their favorite videos uninterrupted.

On October 28, we’re giving fans exactly what they want. Introducing YouTube Red -- a new membership designed to provide you with the ultimate YouTube experience.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Tech giant Apple late Sunday bowed to pressure from pop
superstar Taylor Swift and raised payments to artists for its
forthcoming music streaming service.

The about-face by one of the world's most powerful companies
showed the extraordinary influence of the 25-year-old Swift, who had
vowed a partial boycott of the new Apple Music service.

Swift,
saying that she was speaking up for artists afraid of upsetting Apple,
had called the company's behavior "shocking" over its earlier plan not
to pay for streams during customers' initial three-month free trial.

Eddy
Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services,
said late Sunday that the company had shifted course and would
compensate for streams in all stages.
Apple music "will pay artist(s) for streaming, even during (customers') free trial period," he wrote on Twitter.

So much for terse denials. Former world number one mobile maker Nokia, which sold its
device making unit to Microsoft last year, is indeed intending to get
back into the mobile game next year — when a Microsoft contract
clause that currently prevents it from putting its brand name on
handsets lapses.
Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri told Germany’s Manager Magazin the company
intends to design and license handsets next year, and will “look for
suitable partners” (via Reuters). “We would simply design them and then make the brand name available to license,” he added.
This is not in the least surprising. Even as it looks to slough off its Here maps business, Nokia has been keeping its hand in the mobile business, designing and selling an Android tablet in China, and launching its own Android launcher last summer.

Denise
Richards has responded to her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's erratic rant,
in which he branded her a 'washed-up piglet shame pile'.

Appearing
to take her former spouse's cutting words on the chin, the 44-year-old
actress decided to take the moral high ground and simply wish the former
Two And A Half Men star a 'happy Father's Day' on behalf of their two
daughters, Sam, 11, and Lola, 10.

And
while she went for the classy approach when it came to responding to
her ex's somewhat bizarre slurs, Denise admitted her girls were
'disappointed' they couldn't spend the special day with their dad.

+10

Two can play at that game: Denise
Richards has responded to her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's erratic rant,
in which he branded her a 'washed-up piglet shame pile'

In
a series of Twitter posts, Denise wrote: 'Happy Dad's Day!
@charliesheen have a great trip in Mexico! Kids were disappointed u
weren't here for it- Hey we'll celebrate when u r back!

'And Happy Fathers Day to all the dads including my own dad Irv! Best dad ever & an amazing Grandpa!'

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Indonesia is made up of islands, lots of them, in
fact, over 17000 islands. The origins of these islands vary from coral
atolls, continental masses or slivers, accreted oceanic wedges and
volcanoes rising from the sea floor. All told, it's a great place to
hunt rocks formed by hot volcanic fluids circulating thru a multitude of
differing geology.

Ornamental jaspers, agates and thunder-eggs are
common across the country. Indonesians love natural stone with graphic
beauty. There is a big following for picture stones across the country.
I have seen agates from Timor, Irian Jaya, Kalimantan, Java and
Sumatra. I am sure there are many more locations than I’ll ever have
time to see.

The stone markets in Surabaya and Jakarta have a
constant flow of new materials. Yet of all the Indonesian agates I have
seen to date, none exhibit more variety of color and complexity than the
Sumatran Agate (Photos #1 & #2).